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Lot# 4074 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 4074 Great Britain

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    1865 (Sept): 'Royal Reprint', 1 d. carmine-rose, Die II, pl. 66, lettered JA / KA, an imperforate vertical Proof pair taken after the plate had been withdrawn from use, large margins all round and sheet marginal at left with large part of the CIRCULAR FLORAL ORNAMENT and imprint '(th)e Address and towards the RIGHT HAND'; fresh and very fine with large part og. Extremely rare. Gi DP35b = £ 6'000+.rnRemark: The earliest record of specimens form the "Royal Reprint" dates from 1898 when the G. Mackey collection containing a block of 11 in rose-red was exhibited in the Birmingham Philatelic Exhibition 7 - 9 Dec. 1898.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF